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Michael Beschloss

In conversation with Roy Eisenhardt

Monday, June 4, 2007  |  Herbst Theatre, 8pm

Once called by Jay Leno "the handsomest political historian I've ever seen," Michael Beschloss is the author of nine books, including most recently Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989. Considered one of the nation's leading Presidential historians, Beschloss is known for portraying political leaders in energetic fashion with compelling reportage. Beschloss has written books on several U.S. Presidents, including The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960-1963, which won the Ambassador Book Prize and was called the "definitive" history of John F. Kennedy and the Cold War. The Conquerors, Beschloss' book about Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and the destruction of Hitler's Germany, was a national bestseller and praised by The New York Times Book Review as "vigorously written" and without "a dull page." Beschloss contributed a revealing essay on George Bush Sr. in a recent book concerning Presidential leadership. A compelling critic and keen political observer, he appears regularly on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and Meet the Press.

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